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1. Seventeen-Arch Bridge – Kunming Lake (Kunming Hu) Beijing loop from 北宫门站

7.54km

02:02

90m

Intermediate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

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2. Kunming Lake (Kunming Hu) Beijing loop from 北宫门站

4.42km

01:13

70m

Easy hike. Great for any fitness level. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

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3. Kunming Lake (Kunming Hu) Beijing loop from Haidian Town

2.84km

00:44

10m

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December 19, 2016

Kunming Lake (pinyin: Kūnmíng Hú) covers most of the Beijing Summer Palace (颐和园; Yíhéyuán, komoot.de/highlight/141768 ), a vast ensemble of lakes, gardens and palaces in Beijing, China. Of 2.9 square km (1.1 sq mi), three-quarters is water. Entirely man-made, the excavated soil was used to build 60 metres (200 feet) high Longevity Hill (万寿山; 萬壽山; Wànshòu Shān).

In December 1998, UNESCO included the Summer Palace on its World Heritage List as a masterpiece of Chinese landscape garden design.

Around 1749, the Qianlong Emperor wanted to build a palace in the area around Jar Hill and the Western Lake to celebrate the 60th birthday of his mother, Empress Dowager Chongqing. Thus, in the name of improving the capital's waterworks system, he ordered the Western Lake to be expanded further west to create another two lakes, Gaoshui and Yangshui Lake. The three lakes served as a water reservoir for the imperial gardens, and for agriculture in the surrounding areas. The Qianlong Emperor collectively named the three lakes "Kunming Lake" after the Kunming Pool (昆明池) built by Emperor Wu (r. 141–187 BCE) in the Han dynasty to train his navy. Designed based on a legend in Chinese mythology about three divine mountains in the East Sea, the construction was complete in 1764. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Summer_Palace

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The path directly along the lake offers beautiful views and is well worth the effort. You can also plan a short or long circuit – depending on the weather, however, it can get quite windy due to the downdrafts from the mountains (which is quite pleasant in summer).

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Elevation 50 m

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Sunday 21 September

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Max wind speed: 2.0 km/h

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Kunming Lake (Kunming Hu) Beijing

1. Seventeen-Arch Bridge – Kunming Lake (Kunming Hu) Beijing loop from 北宫门站

2. Kunming Lake (Kunming Hu) Beijing loop from 北宫门站

3. Kunming Lake (Kunming Hu) Beijing loop from Haidian Town

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